There are 4 stored owner reports matching the tires & wheels leading-label group for the 2000 Volkswagen Golf in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)CAR WAS HARD PULLING TO RIGHT SIDE DUE TO CRACKED TIRE ON RIGHT SIDE FRONT, THIS IS THE THIRD FAILURE ON THIS SET OF TIRES THEY HAVE LESS THEN 4,000 MILES ON. ALL TIRES CRACKED ON SAME PLACE ON THE OUTER EDGE AIR LOSS IS FAST. 1ST CRACK WAS RIGHT REAR TIRE ( I DID THINK THAT I RUN OVER SOMETHING I GOT NEW TIRE DIFFERENT MANUFACTURER AS THEY DID NOT HAVE SAME TIRE AND I DO NOT LIKE FIXED TIRES) 2ND CRACK WAS ON LEFT REAR TIRE ABOUT WEEK LATER I DID TRY TO HAVE IT FIX BUT WAS TOLD AND SHOWED THAT TIRE JUST KEPT ON CRACKING MORE 3RD CRANK HAPPEN MONTH LATER RIGHT FRONT TIRE. ALL CRACKS ARE ON SAME PLACE OUTER EDGE TIRES ARE ULTRA HP MADE BY REPUBLIC. *TR
DRIVING ON THE HWY ,65 MPH THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE SIDE WALL. *TR
WE TRIED TO REPLACE OUR TIRES FOR THE FIRST TIME AND TWO OF THE WHEEL LOCKS WERE COMPLETELY OXIDIZED ON AND COULD NOT BE PULLED OFF OR BROKEN BY ANYONE AT THREE DIFFERENT SHOPS. WE WERE TOLD THIS IS DUE TO POOR DESIGN. AS SOON AS SOMEONE TRIES TO TURN THE WHEEL LOCKS THEY WERE COMPLETELY STRIPPED AND FROM THEN ON IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPLACE OUR LOW TREAD TIRES DUE TO THIS PROBLEM.
THIS COMPLAINT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE VEHICLE. IT IS SOLELY RELATED TO A REPLACEMENT TIRE FAILURE. TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL TIRES I PURCHASED AND HAD INSTALLED A SET OF FOUR BRIDGESTONE TIRES FROM WHITTIER TIRE AND WHEEL IN WHITTIER CA ON JANUARY 29, 2002. TEN DAYS LATER, ON FEBRUARY 8, 2002 THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ON A SURFACE STREET. THE ENTIRE TREAD PORTION OF THE TIRE SEPERATED FROM THE SIDEWALLS ( THE TREAD DID NOT SEPERATE FROM THE TIRE - THE ENTIRE 'TOP' OF THE TIRE SEPERATED INTACT FROM THE SIDEWALLS). ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 11,2002, I RETURNED WITH THE DEFECTIVE TIRE TO WHITTIER TIRE. THEY IMMEDIATELY BLAMED THE TIRE FAILURE ON THE CAR BEING DRIVEN SEVERAL MILES WITH LITTLE OR NO AIR IN THE TIRE. THEY REFUSED TO EVEN CONSIDER ANY OTHER CAUSE. WHILE THERE A CALL WAS PLACED TO BRIDGESTONE WHO TOOK THE SAME POSITION. THEY DID INSPECT THE TREAD PORTION OF THE TIRE AND COULD FIND NO EVIDENCE OF A PUNCTURE, AND THEY INSPECTED THE VALVE STEM AND CONCLUDED IT WAS OK. THE STAATED THAT THE TIRE MUST HAVE HAD A SIDEWALL PUNCTURE, BUT THE SIDEWALLS WERE PRETTY "CHEWED UP" BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE. I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT THAT THE CAR WAS DRIVEN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WITH A VERY LOW OR FLAT TIRE. MY SON WAS DRIVING IT AT THE TIME AND RELATED THAT PRIOR TO THE TIRE FAILURE THE CAR WAS NOT HANDLING IN ANY UNUSUAL MANNER, NOR DID HE HEAR ANY NOISE. HE STATED HE WAS DRIVING NORMALLY, THE CAR ABRUPTELY STARTED VIBRATING VIOLENTLY AND THE TIRE DISINTEGRATED. THE DEALER;S AND THE MANUFACTURER'S REFUSAL TO EVEN CONDISER OTHER FACTORS OR MAKE WHAT I FELT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENT PROMPTED ME TO CONTACT YOU. CHARLES S. MIDDLETON. *AK (TIRESIZE: 195/R65-15)
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Vehicle import recorded: Apr 28, 2026. This is the stored import date, not confirmation that every source was successfully refreshed.